The basin-edge effect from weak ground motions across the fault-bounded edge of the Lower Hutt Valley, New Zealand

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2703-2716

  Adams, Brian M ^a   Osborne, Neal M ^b   Taber, J John ^c  

^a URS New Zealand Limited   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c IRIS Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FREQUENCIES; RESONANCE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SURFACE WAVES;

BASIN-EDGE EFFECTS; GROUND MOTIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

BASIN; EARTHQUAKE; EDGE EFFECT; SEISMICITY; SITE EFFECT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND];

EID: 1142280394     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120010277     Document Type: Article

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